Ann Richards
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Biography
Dorothy Ann Richards was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels."
"… we're going to tell how the cow ate the cabbage."
"Poor George, he can't help it — he was born with a silver foot in his mouth."
"I am delighted to be here with you this evening, because after listening to George Bush all these years, I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like."
"The regular Democratic Party and its organization was run by men who looked on women as little more than machine parts."
"I have seen the very bottom of life: I was so afraid I wouldn’t be funny anymore. I just knew that I would lose my zaniness and my sense of humor. But I didn’t. Recovery turned out to be a wonderful thing."
"The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense."
"Oh, I would probably have raised more hell."
"If you give us the chance, we can perform. After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels"
"He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple. [about George Bush, Sr.]"
"I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong."
"Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected."
"I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before."
"Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics."
"I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you."
"Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics."
"I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics."
"Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing."
"Weight-bearing exercise builds bone density, builds your muscular strength so that you can hold your body up where those bones have a tendency to get weak."
"Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls."
"I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in."
"Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date."
"The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need."
"I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it."
"Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done and it remains the hardest work I have done to date."